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421. Camponotus paria, Emery. 



CamponotHs micans, Nyl., race pavia, Emery, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 



xxvii (1889), p. 513, . 



Campouotus rufoglaucus, Jerd., race paria (Emery), Ford, Jour. 

 Bomb. X. H. Soc. vii (1892), pp. 226 & 288, $ . 



maj. Closely resembles C. rufoglaucus, Jerd., but the examin- 

 ation of a long series of each shows the following structural 

 differences besides the constant difference of colour : The pro- 

 duced median lobe of the clypeus has its lateral angles more or less 

 rounded, and there is generally an emargination or notch in the 

 middle of the margin. In rufoglaucus, the anterior margin of 

 the median lobe is transverse. The node of the pedicel is broader, 

 thinner and flatter than in C. rufoglaucus, and the silky pilosity is 

 more dense and more equally spread. This species is black, with 

 the posterior margins of the abdominal segments testaceous yellow. 



min. Similar, more slender ; the head elongate, compressed 

 posteriorly ; mandibles with 5 teeth. 



2 Very similar to the maj., but the head longer, the sides 

 less convex, and the occiput transverse. Node of the pedicel similar 

 in shape, but thicker than in the maj. 



Length, $ maj. 9-10 ; min. 5-7 ; 2 14 mm. 



Hob. Apparently throughout India, Assam, Burma and Ceylon. 

 I have found nests of this species side by side with those of C. rufo- 

 glaucus. 



4*22. Camponotus dolendus, Forel. 



Camponotus rufoglaucus, Jerd., race dolendus, Forel, Jour. Bomb. 

 N. H. Soc. vii (1892), pp. 227 & 238, $ . 



maj. Kesembles C. paria, Emery, but entirely wants the silky 

 lustrous pubescence ; on the contrary, it is opaque dead-black, 

 with the posterior margins of the abdominal segments much more 

 narrowly testaceous. Head with the sides more convex ; clvpeus 

 with the medial lobe distinctly rectangularly produced. Thorax 

 short and broad ; legs with the tibiae compressed and with scattered 

 spines on their underside. Node of pedicel and abdomen as in 

 C. paria. 



$ min. Similar, more slender, the head narrower, oval, rounded, 

 but not compressed posteriorly ; the pronotura, mesonotum and 

 basal half of the metanotum form a gentle curve, apical half of 

 the last steeply sloped, almost truncate. Node of the pedicel 

 conical. 



Length, maj. 8-9 ; min. 6-7 mm. 



Hab. The N.W. Himalayas above 5000 ft. (Smythies) ; Sikhim 

 (Albller). 



423. Camponotus nicobarensis, Mayr, Xovara Meise, Formicid. 1865, 

 p. ^1, $; Forel (var. exiguoguttatus), Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. vii 

 (1892), pp. 229 & 240; Emery (rar. monticola), Ann. Mtts. Civ. 

 Gen. xxxiv (1894), p. 479. 



$ maj. Brownish reel, subcoriaceous, opaque, the posterior 



